JUNIOR-HIGH ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Liberty Common Junior High School (LCJHS) is seeking a full-time Junior High Assistant Principal beginning summer 2025. Liberty Common School is a Poudre School District charter school dedicated to Core Knowledge principles and character education. Liberty Common Junior High School plans to open as a standalone junior-high school in August 2025 and will serve approximately 260 students in grades 7 and 8 in the inaugural year.

Liberty Common School offers a unique educational program with an expanded science curriculum. The school provides excellence and fairness in education by teaching 1) a contextual body of organized knowledge, 2) the skills of learning, and 3) the values of a democratic society. This is done through parental choice, partnership with teachers, and student acceptance of responsibility for his/her academic effort.

FLSA CLASSIFICATION: Salary Exempt

EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Regular, Full-time

WORK HOURS: 35-40 hours per week

PAY RANGE: $65,000.00-$85,000.00 (possibly higher based on background, experience, and/or institutional alignment).

REPORTS TO: Principal

REVISION DATE: January 2025

Key Job Responsibilities

• Maintain the academic excellence of Liberty Common School by promoting the vision of the school.
• Assist the principal in providing training and support for new teachers and help new teachers across all campuses assimilate to Liberty Common School.
• Work with the Principal to develop and execute professional development.
• Assist the Principal in ensuring fidelity in teaching the school’s curriculum, including, but not limited to, fidelity to the Core Knowledge curriculum as set by the Board of Directors.
• Assist the Principal in managing student discipline and relevant communication with parents.
• Assist the Principal with the school’s character education program.
• Utilize all available opportunities to provide character education to the student body, such as discipline, lessons, and modeling.
• Assist the Principal in orchestrating all aspects of student leadership and student life. programs, including the Order System, field trips, events, clubs, and athletics.
• Help to supervise students before and after school, during lunch and passing periods, and at student events that may occur outside of regular hours.
• Coordinate and consult with the Academic Support Team Coordinator, School Principal, Special Service Provides, and the student-Teacher Assistance Team (STAT) to ensure all students have access to the Liberty Common education. This includes, but is not limited to: MTSS, Child Find, Special Education evaluation and individualized planning, Section 504 evaluation and accommodation planning, English Language Development identification and planning, and ECEA 12.00 identification and planning.
• Work with the Principal on any requested areas, including, but not limited to: curriculum, hiring, evaluations, observations, state and district reporting, and data assessment.
• Advise the Principal on ways to enhance the current systems and maintain school culture as the school grows and advances.
• Work with the administrative team to set and meet goals for LCS, and with the administration and Board of Directors towards the betterment of the school (K-12).

Minimum Requirements

• Desire and willingness to learn about Liberty’s history and philosophy and to uphold and promote the mission and values of the school.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience in education and school administration, preferably in a charter school.
• Demonstrated ability to work with a team and to effectively manage others.
• Excellent leadership and organizational skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Understanding of Liberty Common School’s history and a commitment to maintaining and promoting the school’s mission and values.
• Experience with the Core Knowledge Curriculum.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Three or more years of experience in school leadership – professional classroom teacher, school administration, or equivalent private-sector experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a professional team.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to maneuver uneven surfaces.
• Must be able to carry or transfer up to 20lbs of supplies frequently.
• Must be able to work in occasionally loud environments.
• Must be able to frequently use office technology including computers, copiers, and printers.

Benefits:

• Enrollment in Colorado’s Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) and employer contributions to your PERA retirement account.
• Health, dental, vision, long-term disability, short-term disability insurance.
• Earned sick leave in accordance with Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces (HFWA) Act.

AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT

All employment with Liberty Common School is voluntary and is subject to termination by you or Liberty Common School at-will, with or without cause, and with or without notice, at any time. There is no guarantee, in any manner, that Liberty Common School will continue employment for any set period of time. This applies to all aspects of employment at Liberty Common School including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, promotion, placement, discipline, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and access to benefits and training.

EEO STATEMENT
Liberty Common School is an EEO employer. Applicants are considered for positions for which they have applied without regard to gender (regardless of gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy, or other characteristics protected by law.

Studies indicate women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they can perform all job descriptions identified in the job-vacancy announcement. Liberty Common School prioritizes identifying the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may come from a less-traditional background. Liberty Common School may consider an equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education, and lived experiences to meet minimum qualifications.

Liberty Common School is located in the City of Fort Collins in Northern Colorado. Northern Colorado is an integral part of the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations. European-American trappers and traders arrived by the early 1800s but rarely established permanent settlements. Gold and silver discoveries in the Colorado mountains in the mid-1800s and the prospect of land for farming and ranching attracted people from across the globe to the Colorado Territory, including what would become the town of Fort Collins; an agricultural colony that emerged from its founding days as a military fort. The expansion included the sugar-beet industry's growth, which brought new residents whose descendants still live here today, including Mexican-American families from southern Colorado, New Mexico, and northern Mexico, as well as Germans from Russia. Since 1879, Fort Collins has been the home of the state’s land-grant institution, Colorado State University, which currently enrolls 34,000 students. Along with the university, the city’s major high-tech and manufacturing companies and high performing charter-public schools attract new residents from all over the country and world. The community’s overall social diversity continues to grow.

Liberty Common School is an EEO employer.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES

Please note this job description is not a comprehensive list of activities, duties, and responsibilities required for this position. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice from Liberty Common School.

For more information about Liberty Common School, visit www.libertycommon.org

A complete application includes nothing less than the following items:

• 
  Letter of application
• Resume
• Statement of educational philosophy
• Educational Transcript
• References with phone numbers (3)

This job posting will remain open until positions are filled.

Mail to:

Kathleen Kearney

Liberty Common High School

2745 Minnesota Drive

Fort Collins, CO 80525

Or e-mail to: kkearney@libertycommon.org